Matrix-setting and type-line-casting machine



J. DORNETH MATRIX SETTING AND TYPE LINE CASTING MACHINE Dec. 2, 1930.

Filed Nov. 21. 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. 10

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J. DORNETH MATRIX SETTING AND TYPE LINE CASTING MACHINE Filed Nov. 21, 1929 4 ShGOt-S-Shefit 2 Deg. 2, 1930. J. DORNETH 1,783,704

MATRIX SETTING AND TYPE LINE CASTING MACHINE Filed Nov. 21. 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Dec. 2, 1930. .1. DORNETH MATRIX SETTING AND TYPE LINE CASTING MACHINE Filed Nov. 21, 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 FIG. 9

1 1 vi e/0 as arriage i i 6mm? oi, th matr in s 7.; 1i ss th he e t is- Patented Dec. 2 1 930 JnLrns anama; -01? BERLiN-KONRADSHOHE," enmvisnn; 'esslenon o THE FIR-M T PoG-B'APrr-GEsELLsoHAFT.M. B. I-I'LfOF BERLINQ'GERMANY MATnrx-sflmmnm A m; ITYIPE-LINE-CASTING MACHINE Application fiieanpvemb r 21, 1929; SeriaY-Noi408,832,'ani1 in Germany April 29,1929.

This invention relates to, a matrix settil "v and type-linecasting machine with in'atrices guided in a cycle onwires in which the line setafter castingis brought loyal vertically 5 adjustable carriage to the distrilonting wires and deposited on the' sarne by a slide: Hit-1r ertothe above mentioned carriagewas moifed by' neans of ge l nt oe ot insu e an waeiwle mg of the two drives, more p'articnlarly when-the inaohine parts are worn, as the slide 15 musifiinot mo unt l h ar iag is e a tly 'in-its uppermost position, and the latter mustnot descend-until the slide has returned to its al posit on. v I v 1 A cord g o hi m t-m k op ration" 20 of the slide'is effected by therack' and pinion gear moving the rearriagegand tlieESa-i'd gear est position being reached, continues to worl; and moves the slide wherenpo'nhoth p rts of the rack andfpinion gear v v r V n H 17 wh ch has a spr ng eontrolled p nf18 that i are again feonpled' together.

A construct on aeoording draw'i'ngv in which pe 'yi' Figure lis aside elevat: jn offthe-n achinelooking on, the po nt the castnigp'ot j being omitted ,7

Figure 2 slows on anienlarged scale -the bottom part ofth er Figure-3 is fsidehlelevat on of Figure 4 shows npper; partof the car;

carriage drive, 7

74o riage driv e, fl r; i V Fignre 5 is aseotionon line of ii 1g nre," 1 1 1 Fignrefi is asection onfl ne VL-VI of Figre2i, v f I .7 {FigiiWS 7:9 'show part of t Figure, 2 on an en1:]ar;- e d=s e, hms'slifie 'e tp sitions;

: igil 0 etai iota loo ng ea sirnple rack and pinion gear 1 V which received its drive from the'n ain shaft "1o i e ma hi la'which sha t also operasd I slideby means ofaffnrther drive. lhis'are' e h h "so: that one part to the invention i i lust a ed my f examp 1. t ml t y a 'feral'ly against le'Ver-2l rotatably mounted v Figure 12 a section on line of Figure2and T Figure 13 a section on line of Figure 1.

Th ed on wires 1, are 'p'nsh'ed-in the well-known manner inthe directionof the arrow at on to the wiresi 2 05a carriage 3,;'cast there and then raised by the carriage 3, the direction of the arrow? until, inthe highest position i of ithescarriage, they are pushedby aslide 4lto the distributing wires 5 in order to pass then in the direction of the arrow '0 into the casetnot showii),f, j V l a,

The invention relates to the "driving, of the carriage 3 andof the slide 7 To this" end, ashaftG'continu onslyl driven by abelt pnlmatrices 4 2 set toa line and suspfilidl:

ley 'i' ly'idrives by'lne'a-ns of a gear (not shown) 7 I f adisc 71 (Figure 3) with a stop 8 which acts on. a double lever 19 rotatable'abont 9, The bottoni endoit this lever is sitnatedjunder a] slide -12 (see'also Fignre 2-) guided on the inachinebed 11. by ineansgof slots and screws,

and situated ii'nd'er aisto'pi 13., Thelatter is I I rigidly seemed toja toothed racklt guifded inane machine bed 11 by means of an arm and of a l'pll'er '15- T thllpper endofl-i i this rack 1S normally coupled a secondirack engages with rod 19 guided in the nachine bed 11. Thebottom end of this rod rests latdouble lever '10 rotated by the disc' 7; the

racks 16,117i'anrlthereforetherod'l) will he, a slightly raised" by means Of the parts l2, l3,

and the rodl9'will releaseithe lever 21 so 1 I that the eonyiling' 23 will be thrown in.

the" rod 19 are nionnted'two pins '77,

- 78' 2)', the hotto1n one of which, in;

the position" of therod' l fllooking the cou 1" pling235 rests on'the inachine he d 11, whilst the upper one {77 strikes against the maehine bed after theraising ofithe rod 19; so that the 1 omt 'm kJl? an de hd .with h e'r botrod l9cannot-c0ntinneto rise, but forces back 7 1 f the spring eontrolledp1n18, 'i's thnsre1eased v (iii Owing to the throwing-in of the coupling, a toothed wheel 24 (Figure 3) will be retated which through intermediate wheels 25, 26, rotates a pinion 27 engaging with the rack 16, so that the rack will now be raised further by the machine. In this way will also be raised the rack 17 with which meshes a pinion 28 (Figure 2) on the spindle of which 7 is mounted a second larger toothed wheel 29. The latter meshes with a rack 30 which constitutes a weight which is connected (see lfi igures 1 and 4) by a chain 31 passing over rollers, to the carriage 3. The raising of the rack 17 will therefore lower the weight 30 and thereby the carriage will be raised until it reaches the highest position, shown in dotted lines in Figure 4.

The carriage 3 is constituted by a frame which is built up of four girder-like frame members 32, 3.3 (see Figure 13) arranged at a distance apart, between which are secured in two rows the guide wires 2 and which carries laterally rollers 35. The latter slide 011 girder-like members 36,

upper transverse part of the carriage 3 is mounted a pin 38 and on the upper transverse part of the frame 36, 37 is rotatably mounted at 39, a spring controlled catch 40 with a stop 41. \Vhen the carriage has assumed its highest position, the catch 40 engages the pin 33, owing to which the carriage is lockedin that position.

It is necessary to prevent any further movement of the gears 27, 28, 29, 30 when the carriage is in the highest position and the matrices 42 must be pushed from the wires 2 on to the wires 5 by the slide 4, for which purpose the following arrangement is used:

As already stated, the racks 17, 16 are not rigidly connected together, but the rack 17 is provided at the bottom with a round rod 43 (see Figure 6) on which the rack 16 is guided by a suitable bore. On a bar 79 connected to the rack 16 is mounted rotatably about 44 (see Figures 2, 3 and 7-9) a catch 45 which engages by means of a projection 46 with a pin 47 provided on the rack 17, and carries an oblique arm 48. When the rack 16 is raised, the rack 17 will be raised at the same time by the catch '45 and pin 47 until the oblique arm 48 strikes a cam face 49 provided on the machine bed. In this way the catch 45 will be released, so that it assumes the position shown in Figure 9. Owing to this, the rack 17 will no longer be raised, nor will any further raising of the carriage .3 take place, but the rack 17 will also be unable to sink as owing to the locking device 38, 40 the carriage and therefore the parts positively connected to it, will be locked.

The rack 16 will however continue to move in order to removethe matrices 42 from the carriage 3 by means of the slide 4. To this end, on the rack 16 is provided a fixedstop 50 31, which constitute the guide frame for the carriage. On the which, 011 the rack being raised, strikes a rod 51 which, by means of levers 52, 53, turns a lever 54 about a pin 75 which is connected by a hinged rod 55 to a pin 56 (see Figures 4 and 5) on which is mounted a rectilinearly guided rod 57 carrying the matrix slide 4. The matrix slide is constituted by a vertical rod (Figure 11) with lateral projections 58 which engage between the wires 2 of the carriage 3 and thereby push in front of them the mat rices suspended to the said wires. On the pin is mounted a roller 59 which travels on a horizontal rail 60. Consequently, by raising therod 51 owing to which the parts 5259 21' re brought into the intermediate position indicated in chain-dotted lines in Figure 4, the slide 4 will be horizontally advanced. In the position of rest, the slide is situated between the members 36, 37 of the frame for the carriage 3 (Figure i To the upper end ofthe'frame 36 is secured ablock 61 in which is adjustable a springcontrolled pin 62 (see Figure 10). The latter has a flange 63 against which rests the slide 4. In the non-operative position of the said slide, the spring-controlled pin is forced back as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 10. lVhen however the carriage 3 has been brought to its uppermost position, and the slide 4 is advanced, the spring-controlled pin 62 will be released and will spring into a hole 64 of the'carriage 3, owing to whichthe latter will be locked until the slide 4 returns to its non-operative position and thereby forces back the spring-controlled pin,

During its advance, the slide 4 releases the locking device 36, 40. To this end, on the rod 55 is provided an arm 65 which presses against the projection 41 of the catch 40, so that the latter releases the pin 38.

As soon as the rack 16 has reached its highposition, a stop 66 (Figures 2 and 3) provided on its lower end, strikes a pin 67 which is guided in the arm 14, and this pin presses against a bell crank lever 68 so that the latter is turned. The end of this bell crank lever presses against the free'end'of the lever 21 (Figure 12) owing to which the latter is turned, and the coupling 21 thrown out. The power drive is therefore stopped.

The working of the machine is as follows a As soon as the line is cast, the shaft 6 raises by means of the parts 7- -13 the rack 16 and the rack 17 connected to the latter, and therefore the rod 19 owing to which the coupling 23 is thrown-in. Consequently, .the gears 232'7 continue to raise the racks 16, 17 until the carriage 3 reaches its highest position and is locked by the locking device 38, 40. At this moment, the catch 45 is released by the stop49, so that the rack 17stops, whilst the rack 16 is raised still further, being guided on the round rod 43, and drives by means of the stop 50 the rod 51, owing to which the slide 4 ismoved forwardibythe rods 52+57.

Du-ringthis movement first the spring-con; trolled pin 62 is released and looksthecar- 1 riage 3, whereupon the spring controlled means of the pin 67 the bell crank lever 68Qand throw, out the coupling 23, the rod 19. drop ping' in front of the coupling lever 21, and

looking. it (Figure 12). Ajspring 7 6,;mou nt ed on the rod 51 and cocked during the raising of the rod, presses down against the rod 5 51, owing towhichthe' slide 4 is moved into 1ts extreme right hand position, so that;

. the locking device 62, of the carriage 3* is released. Atthe-saine -time,the descendingrod 51 whichpressesagainst the stop 50, moves the rack 16 downwards, until it is coil pied again to the fackl? owing to the springing-in of thecatch tfi. Onlyafter the look} ing device 62, 64; hasreleased the carriage 3, that is to say the slides has assumed; its position or rest, the carriage 3 will be able to .descend as its weight isigreater thai'nthatof the rack 30. Dfulingdhis' movement, its

' spring-controlledlpin84 will'be released from the catch which will-thenlreturn toitsvei tical position ready for locking, and thetw'o racks 16,17 will be lowered by the gears 30,]

29, 2 8. .In the lower positionof'th'e rack 17, j

' the springco'ntrolled pin 18'willfagain springs into the rod'19 (Figure V "If a repeated castingofhesame line is to be eflected, the carriage,Sis locked in its low-. erin'ost position f (Figure 13) by means of a "handoperatedbolt 69, which engages ina hole fofthe carriage, and in this way the rack 17 will also beflocked In this 'way, the;

locking rod ;'19" will also stop, and no throw-f ing-in offthe coupling 23 can taket-'place. The rack 16 however moves upwardly and must be able to. moverelatively to the catch4g5; Tothis endjon numera s is provided abar 79 Whic'his secured by means of screws engaging with elongated holes 80. "This' bar carries'in an'arm'81 a pin 83 controlled by the action of a spring82,j.which pin is moreover supported in thestop '13; During the ordi- 1' naryworking,theparts 16, 79 move as a unit.

If however theracklf?isjloclied, therewill'be produced, duringfthe raising of the-"rack 16 by the parts-47, 46, 4:5, 7 81, a "pressure which will'co-mpress the spring 82, and as only the rack 16 rises, the stop"7l Figure"8) secured to-it, willbe pressed against alpin' 7Q'o'f the catch 4L5, owing to which; the latter will releasethei'ra'cl: 117,- sc'rjtfhat both racks will now p be able to niove' into each other'gwithout the l 'cOupling QK being thrown in: il hrs eiie'ct is able to move.

produced alsorwhen for oth'er'reasons, forinstance by lead sprayer, the carriage is held in itsflowest position. l

If in the uppermost riage, the matrices should get out of order orv it there should be anyother trouble, so

the lever system 52, 53 must nevertheless be I To this. end, the lever 53 is formed as a double lever, and its free endis connectedbya spring 73 (Figure' 4) tolthe lever 54. Owing' rto'this, thelever 53 can oscillate relatively to the lever 54 Without driving the latter. This springconnection avoids at the same-time any risk of injury prematurely pulling downthe carriage 3.

I claim:- '1. In a matrix setting for pushing/the line seton to the distributer .wires and members forlifting'said carriage and operating saidpushlng means and adapted to" be automatically. interconnected so as to opera'teas a single-bodyand tobe again separated so as to act independently ofeach other at predestined stages of operation.

. I 2. :lnamatrix'setting andlinecasting ma chine, matrices guided on wires in a cycle,

a carriage for raising the line set after the casting tod stributer w1res,;push1ng means position of the carthat the movement of theslidee is stopped,

, totheinatricesavhich isliable to be caused by andline casting machine, matrices guided on wires in a cycle, a carriage for raising the line set afterthe casting to distributer wires,;pushing means.

for pushing the -line set on to thedistributer wires, longitudinally adjustable members for lifting said carriage and operating said pushmg. means and adapted to be 211111011} atically IOU . interconnected so as to-operat e as a single body and to be 'aga-in separated so asiofact independently of eaclrother at predestined stages QfOPQPZLiJlOIl, other means tor lockliig said carriage in its uppermost position and still other means for releasing said carriage tributer wires.

3. Ina matrix setting and line castingiiiaafter the lineset has been deliveredto the dis- 7 l chinepniatrices guided-on wires in a cycle,

operating said slide and adapted to. be. cou pled togetherso as to operate asa single rack and to 'be again separated,fsoasto act iiidependently oi each other: at predestined stages of operation, means for initiallylifting said racks and jtherebyfthrowing in a' coupling 4 and a rack an djpinion mg said racks.

gear for furtherrais 4.. In amatrix setting and line castinglma chine, matrices guided on wires-in a; cycle, a carriage ior] raising the line set after casting to'distributerwines,fa:slide-for push ingthe line s t on to the distributorRwires,

two "tootliedraclis hein lon itudinal? fad- -a carriagefor raising the line set aftel' the V casting to, d'istributerwires, a slide for pushing the line set on to the distributer wires, two toothed racks for lifting sai'dfcarriage and justable to each other in a straight line and serving for lifting said carriage and operating said slide, a catch rotatably mounted on the bottom rack and when the racks are coupled together engaging a stop of the upper rack, and a fixed stop for releasing said catch in the highest position of the carriage.

5. In a matrix setting and line casting machine, matrices guided on wires in a cycle, a carriage for raising the line set after the casting to distributor wires, a slide for pushing the line set on to the distributor wires, two lon itudinally adjustable toothed racks for lifting said carriage and'operating said slide and i laptcd to be coupled together so as to operate as a single rack and tube agai separated, so as to act independently of each other at 1)1O(ll611111I18( stages ot OlJQlfi'tlOll,

a continuously rotating shaft, a double lever turned by said shaft and slightly raising the racks coupled together, a coupling thrown in by this movement of said lever and a rack and pinion gear for further raising said racks.

G. In a matrix setting and line casting machine, matrices guided on wires in at eye, a carriage for raising the line setafter the castingto distributer wires, a slide for pushing the line set on to the distributor wires, two longitudinally adjustable toothed racks for lifting said carriage and operating said slide and adapted to be coupled together so as to operate as a single rack and to be again separated, so as to act independently of each other at predetermined stages of operation,

a continuously rotating shaft, a double. lever turned by said shaft and slightly raising the racks coupled together, a coupling thrown in by this movement of said lever, a rack and pinion gear for further raising said racks and a rod being mounted in an easily detachable manner on the upper rack, which rod holds the coupling in the disengaged po sition, is driven during the raising of the rack and thus releases the coupling, but is' thereupon uncoupled from the rack and is always ready for locking.

7. In a matrix setting and line casting machine, matrices guided on wires in a cycle, a carriage for raising the line set after the casting to distributor wires, a slide forpushing the line set on to the distributer-wires, two longitudinally adjustable toothed racks for lifting said carriage and operating said slide and adapted to be coupled together so as to operate as a single rack and to be again separated, so as to act independently of each other at predetermined stages of operation, a continuously rotating shaft, a double lever turned by said shaft and slightly raising the racks coupled together, a coupling thrown in bythis movement ofsaid lever and a rack and pinion gear for further raising said racks the bottom rack being positively connectedito the machine shaft by a gear, and the upper rack similarly connected by a second gear to a third rack formed into a; weight and in its turn connected to the carriage by a tension member passing over rollers.

8. In a matrix setting and line casting machine, matrices guided on wires in a cycle, a carriage for raising the line set after the casting to distributer Wires, a slide for pushing the line set on to the distributor Wires, two longitudinally adjustable toothed racks for lifting said carriage and operating said slide and adapted to be coupled together so as to operate a single rack and to be again separated so as to act independently of each other at predetermined stages of operation, a continuously rotating shaft, :1 double lever turned by said shaft and slightly raising the racks coupled together, a coupling thrown inby this movement of said lever and a rack and pinion gearfor further raising said racks the horizontally guided slide being connected by aisystem of levers to a vertical. rod which, after the uncoupling of the two racks, is raised by the rack continuing tomove, and thereby moves the slide.

9. In a matrix setting and line casting machine, matrices guided on wires in a cycle, a carriage for raising the line set after the casting to distributor wires,a slide for pushing the line set on to the distributor wires. two longitudinally adjustable toothed racks forlifting said carriage and operating said slide and adapted to be coupledtogether so as to operate as a single rack and to be again separated, so as to act independently of each other at predetermined stages of operation, a continuously rotating shaft, a double lever turned by said shaft and" slightly raising the racks coupled together, a coupling thrown in by this movement of said lever, a rack and pinion gear for further raising said racks the horizontally guided slide be ing connected by a system of levers to a vertical rod which, after the uncoupling of the two racks, is raised by the rack continuing to move, and thereby moves the slide and a spring cocked during the raising of the rod, moving back the slide after the pushing over ofthe matrices, andat the same time again lowering the rack by means of the rod.

10. In a matrix setting and line casting machine, matrices guided on Wires in a cycld, a carriage for raisingthe line set after the casting to distributer wires, a slide for pushing the line set on to the distributor wires, two longitudinally adjustable toothed racks for lifting said carriage and operating said slide and adapted to be coupled together so asto operate as a single rack and to be again separated, so as to act independently of each other at predetermined stages of operation, a continuously rotating shaft, a double lever turned by said shaft and slightly raising the racks coupled together, a coupling thrown in by this movement of saidlever, arack and pinion gear for further raising said racks a locking device locking the carriage in the highest positioinwvhich holds fast the said carriage and therefore the upper rack connected to it, after its uncoupling from the bottom rack;

11. In a matrix setting and line casting machine, matrices guided on wir'es in a cycle, a carriage for raising the line set after'the castingto distributer Wires, a slide for pushing the line set on to the distributer Wires, longitudinally adjustable toothed racks for liftin said carria e and eratin said V slide and adapted to be coupled together so as to operate as a single rack and to be again separated, so as to act independently of each other at predetermined stages of operation, a

continuously rotating shaft, a double lever turned by said shaft and slightly raising the racks coupled together, a coupling thrown in by'this movement of said lever and a rack and pinion gear for further raising said racks, the slide releasing at the beginning of its travel a second locking device for the casting to distributer wires,

pushing the line set on to the distributer Wires, tWo longitudinally adjustable toothed racks for lifting said carriage and operating,

thrown in by this movement of said lever and a rack and pinion gear for further raising carriage releasingduring its further travel the first locking device and at the end of its return, agaln releasing also the second looking device so that only then the carriage can descend.

12. In a matrixsetting and line casting machine, matrices guided on Wires in a cycle, a carriage for raising the line set after the a slide for said slide and adapted to be coupled together so as to operate as a single rack and to be again separated, so as toact independently of each other at predetermined stages of operation, a continuously rotating shaft, a double lever turned by said shaft and slightly. rais-v ing the racks coupled together, a coupling said racks the bottom rack and the catch carried by it, being adjustable relatively to each other to a limited extent, so that when the slide is locked inthe lowermost position, the V bottom rack can rise slightly relatively to the V latch and'release thelatter by means of a stop provided, onthe same, for the purpose of preventing the "coupling from being" throWn in. e V 1 I V p In test mony whereof I aflix my signature.

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